Megascolex Templeton, 1844 (Clitellata, Megascolecidae): description of a new species from the northern Eastern Ghats, India with taxonomic key to the Indian species

Megascolex Templeton, 1844 (Clitellata, Megascolecidae): description of a new species from the northern Eastern Ghats, India with taxonomic key to the Indian species

The earthworm fauna of the Eastern Ghats Hills in Peninsular India is still under explored. Here a new species, namely, Megascolex jamiesoni Narayanan & Paliwal, sp. nov. is described based on the specimens collected from the Eastern Ghats hills of Koraput district of Odisha state, India. It be...

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Main Authors: Sasankan Prasanth Narayanan, Ayusmta Naik, Anirban Mahata, Sharat Kumar Palita, Ambattu Paili Thomas, Rahul Paliwal
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Eötvös Loránd University 2024-12-01
Series:Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis
Subjects:
annelida
earthworm
endemic
odisha
oligochaeta
taxonomy
Online Access:https://opuscula.elte.hu/PDF/Tomus55/Op_Narayanan_Megascolex.pdf

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